-=> JOHNJWILSON wrote to BOB ACKLEY <=-


 ->  DD> That's compassion, more like. And healthcare is, IMO, a
 ->  DD> legitimate function of gummint.
 ->
 -> Why do you suppose the founders managed to avoid any mention of such
 -> things when they set up the national government here?  And, of course,
 JO> they
 -> DID write that anything they didn't cover was the responsibility of the
 JO> states
 -> or of the people.

 JO> "States rights" :-) I have heard this argued since the 7th grade.
 JO> Lessee, thats 70 years of argument, quarrel, discussion...

 JO> It in part, depends on how much you want to lean on the preamble as
 JO> having to do with constitutional intent...and then squeezing what you
 JO> can out of the word "Welfare"...I think that could very
well indicate
 JO> the health of the citizenry...

That IS my interpretation.

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